
+ Effective national climate policy should include economy-wide carbon pricing, using regulations to overcome barriers to action, and creating long-term investment signals through policies like Australia’s Renewable Energy Target. They will also likely note that removing subsides to fossil fuels would stimulate both major emission reductions and economic benefits.
Country | Process | Indicative targets 2021-2030 |
EU |
EU Council to agree post-2020 target by October 2013 at the latest.
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At least 40 percent on 1990 levels by 2030. Additional reductions possible through international carbon credit purchases.
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USA |
Interagency working group established. Agreed to work with China on sharing information on possible post-2020 contributions.
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Past US proposals submitted to the UN outline a trajectory where emissions would fall by over 40 per cent in 2030.
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UK |
National carbon budgets set based on independent Climate Change Committee advice.
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50 percent by 2025, 60 percent by 2030 (both on 1990 levels).
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China |
National Development and Reform Commission lead agency. Possible inclusion in 13th Five-Year Plan which will be completed in 2015. Agreed to work with USA on sharing information on possible post-2020 contributions.
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China’s national climate and energy targets currently extend to 2020. National emission trading scheme to be established by 2020. The level of the emission limit under discussion internally within China including examination of peaking national emissions or coal use over this period.
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Mexico |
Longer-term targets established in domestic legislation. Possible post-2020 offer in December 2014.
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Emission goal will likely be calculated national 2050 target of 50 per cent reductions by 2050 compared to 2000 levels. Will likely include target to provide 35 per cent of Mexico’s electricity from clean sources by 2024.
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South Africa |
Domestic climate change white paper process to set national and sectoral carbon budgets.
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42 per cent below business as usual by 2025, based on which emissions should peak between 2020/2025 and plateau for a decade thereafter.
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Current national 2050 targets | ||
EU
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80-95 per cent reductions on 1990 levels in domestic emissions
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USA
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83 per cent on 2005 levels
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Japan
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80 per cent reductions on 1990 levels
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New Zealand
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50 per cent reductions on 1990 levels
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Norway
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100 per cent reductions on 1990 levels (carbon neutrality)
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Mexico
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50 per cent reductions on 2000 levels
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Figure 1. International and domestic emission reduction goal processes (2014-2015). The stylised line indicates the level of international political pressure and scrutiny of Australia’s emission reduction goals. Light grey boxes are Australia’s domestic target setting processes. When Australia’s international peers may advance their post-2020 emission reductions offices is also indicated.
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Australia can re-purpose millions of tonnes of death dealing CO2 into life by replenishing and restoring ocean pastures. We’ve proven it works and in doing so brings fish populations back to historic high numbers. Our 2012 project that restored a large ocean salmon pasture in the Gulf of Alaska has been shown to have produced an ocean of health and abundance. Last fall the fish swam home and in SE Alaska 226 million salmon were caught when official predictions expected 50 million fish. This bounty of our ocean pasture fed salmon is the largest number of salmon caught in all of Alaska history and they survived and grew on the ocean plankton that converted millions of tonnes of deadly CO2 into ocean life and those hundreds of millions of extra fish. http://russgeorge.net/2013/10/28/fish-came-back-next-day/
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We can replenish and restore ocean pastures around the world, re-purposing billions of tonnes of deadly CO2 into billions of healthy ocean fish to help feed the world’s hungry. http://russgeorge.net/2014/04/11/bring-back-fish-everywhere/